Tim:
If true, I'd call that a bug. It's a ludicrous requirement for users to create *that* file. DHCP is supposed to be a *fully* automatic address assignment system. Have you reported it to bugzilla?
Ed Greshko:
I don't think it is a bug. It would be more about how NetworkManger handles things.
I'd certainly call that a bug (having to manually intervene to get a DHCP client to work). Where it's attributable is another matter (DHCP itself, or NetworkManager).